The Payment of Wages Act

Short title, extent, commencement and application

Definitions

Responsibility for payment of wages

Fixation of wage-periods

Time of payment of wages

Wages to be paid in current coin or currency notes or by cheque or crediting in bank account

Deductions which may be made from wages

Fines

Deductions for absence from duty

Deductions for damage or loss

Deductions for services rendered

Deductions for recovery of advances

Deductions for recovery of loans

Deductions for payments to co-operative societies and insurance schemes

Maintenance of registers and records

Inspectors

Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors

Claims arising out of deductions from wages or delay in payment of wages and penalty for  malicious or vexatious claims

Single application in respect of claims from unpaid group

Appeal

Conditional attachment of property of employer or other person responsible for payment of  wages

Powers of authorities appointed under section 15

[Omitted]

Penalty for offences under the Act

Procedure in trial of offences

Bar of Suits

Protection of action taken in good faith

Contracting out

Delegation of powers

Display by notice of abstracts of the Act

Payment of undisbursed wages in cases of death of employed person

Rule-making power

All sections

1[14A. Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors--Every employer shall afford an Inspector all
reasonable facilities for making any entry, inspection, supervision, examination or inquiry under this Act.]

LAWGIST

# 14A Facilities to be afforded to Inspectors